Re: [asdf-devel] [cclan-list] How to depend on a system optionally?

2009-07-21 Thread Gary King
> Gary King wrote: >> I share Robert's queasiness and also think that we want ASDF to >> support >> these sorts of dependencies (simple, weak, contingent, etc... (?)). I will do this. >> >> I'm going to update the manual with James's table (thanks James!) >> in the >> hopes of giving us a pl

Re: [asdf-devel] [cclan-list] How to depend on a system optionally?

2009-07-20 Thread james anderson
On 2009-07-21, at 01:39 , Robert Goldman wrote: > james anderson wrote: >> On 2009-07-21, at 00:58 , Robert Goldman wrote: >> >>> Gary King wrote: I share Robert's queasiness and also think that we want ASDF to support these sorts of dependencies (simple, weak, contingent, etc... (

Re: [asdf-devel] [cclan-list] How to depend on a system optionally?

2009-07-20 Thread Robert Goldman
james anderson wrote: > On 2009-07-21, at 01:18 , Robert Goldman wrote: > >> james anderson wrote: >>> On 2009-07-21, at 00:35 , Robert Goldman wrote: > [...] What would it mean, for example, to be :contingent-on or :weakly-depend on a :file? >>> if the file is present, then the cont

Re: [asdf-devel] [cclan-list] How to depend on a system optionally?

2009-07-20 Thread Robert Goldman
james anderson wrote: > On 2009-07-21, at 00:58 , Robert Goldman wrote: > >> Gary King wrote: >>> I share Robert's queasiness and also think that we want ASDF to >>> support >>> these sorts of dependencies (simple, weak, contingent, etc... (?)). >>> >>> I'm going to update the manual with James'

Re: [asdf-devel] [cclan-list] How to depend on a system optionally?

2009-07-20 Thread james anderson
On 2009-07-21, at 01:18 , Robert Goldman wrote: > james anderson wrote: >> On 2009-07-21, at 00:35 , Robert Goldman wrote: [...] >> >>> What would it mean, for >>> example, to be :contingent-on or :weakly-depend on a :file? >> >> if the file is present, then the contingent component is includ

Re: [asdf-devel] [cclan-list] How to depend on a system optionally?

2009-07-20 Thread james anderson
On 2009-07-21, at 00:58 , Robert Goldman wrote: > Gary King wrote: >> I share Robert's queasiness and also think that we want ASDF to >> support >> these sorts of dependencies (simple, weak, contingent, etc... (?)). >> >> I'm going to update the manual with James's table (thanks James!) >> in

Re: [asdf-devel] [cclan-list] How to depend on a system optionally?

2009-07-20 Thread Robert Goldman
james anderson wrote: > On 2009-07-21, at 00:35 , Robert Goldman wrote: > >> james anderson wrote: >>> On 2009-07-20, at 21:10 , Robert Goldman wrote: >>> james anderson wrote: > On 2009-05-18, at 14:55 , Nikodemus Siivola wrote: > >> 2009/5/18 Robert Goldman : >>> Tobias C. R

Re: [asdf-devel] [cclan-list] How to depend on a system optionally?

2009-07-20 Thread james anderson
On 2009-07-21, at 00:35 , Robert Goldman wrote: > james anderson wrote: >> >> On 2009-07-20, at 21:10 , Robert Goldman wrote: >> >>> james anderson wrote: On 2009-05-18, at 14:55 , Nikodemus Siivola wrote: > 2009/5/18 Robert Goldman : >> Tobias C. Rittweiler wrote: >>> I've

Re: [asdf-devel] [cclan-list] How to depend on a system optionally?

2009-07-20 Thread Robert Goldman
Gary King wrote: > I share Robert's queasiness and also think that we want ASDF to support > these sorts of dependencies (simple, weak, contingent, etc... (?)). > > I'm going to update the manual with James's table (thanks James!) in the > hopes of giving us a place to hang our collective hats. >

Re: [asdf-devel] [cclan-list] How to depend on a system optionally?

2009-07-20 Thread Gary King
I share Robert's queasiness and also think that we want ASDF to support these sorts of dependencies (simple, weak, contingent, etc... (?)). I'm going to update the manual with James's table (thanks James!) in the hopes of giving us a place to hang our collective hats.

Re: [asdf-devel] [cclan-list] How to depend on a system optionally?

2009-07-20 Thread Robert Goldman
james anderson wrote: > > On 2009-07-20, at 21:10 , Robert Goldman wrote: > >> james anderson wrote: >>> On 2009-05-18, at 14:55 , Nikodemus Siivola wrote: >>> 2009/5/18 Robert Goldman : > Tobias C. Rittweiler wrote: >> I've read several times that it's a head ache to configure optio

Re: [asdf-devel] [cclan-list] How to depend on a system optionally?

2009-07-20 Thread james anderson
On 2009-07-20, at 21:10 , Robert Goldman wrote: james anderson wrote: On 2009-05-18, at 14:55 , Nikodemus Siivola wrote: 2009/5/18 Robert Goldman : Tobias C. Rittweiler wrote: I've read several times that it's a head ache to configure optional dependencies with ASDF. How true is that? C

Re: [asdf-devel] [cclan-list] How to depend on a system optionally?

2009-07-20 Thread Robert Goldman
james anderson wrote: > On 2009-05-18, at 14:55 , Nikodemus Siivola wrote: > >> 2009/5/18 Robert Goldman : >>> Tobias C. Rittweiler wrote: I've read several times that it's a head ache to configure optional dependencies with ASDF. How true is that? Could we perhaps provide anot

Re: [asdf-devel] [cclan-list] How to depend on a system optionally?

2009-06-27 Thread Tobias C. Rittweiler
Gary King writes: > Hi Tobias, > > I'm forwarding this to the asdf-devel list and will answer it later > today from there. Please send a copy to the cclan list. I just submitted asdf-devel to gmane.org but it usually takes some time because the newsgroups are created manually. -T. -- Diese